City Council President David Morse will be the acting mayor until a replacement is found for Mayor Michael Foley, who is resigning to become town manager in Gray.
City officials say the new shelter in Riverside, which will provide housing for up to 179 individual asylum seekers, will open up about 120 beds at the Homeless Services Center and hopefully get people out of encampments and off the streets.
A South Portland energy audit firm, seeking $180,000, claims the company did not compensate them for their services under the terms of a consulting agreement.